Wilburn E. Ludlum Sr., 96, longtime Moran resident, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at Vintage Park in Ottawa.
He was born Feb. 6, 1914, in Elsmore to Harvey and Emma (Olsen) Ludlum. He grew up on the family farm west of Elsmore and attended Sky Rocket Grade School.
On July 26, 1936, he married Pauline A. Dozier in Nevada, Mo. They made their home on a farm west of Elsmore for a year before moving to the present farm four miles northeast of Moran. She died May 30, 2003.
He was active in Moran United Methodist Church, serving on numerous boards and committees. He enjoyed gardening and he and his wife raised most of their food for a great number of years.
He is survived by a son, Wilburn E. Jr. and his wife, Barbara, Vassar; a sister: Edith Bolinger, Derby; five grandchildren, Roger Ludlum and his wife, Sheryl, and Mike Ludlum and his wife, Aimee, Waverly, Nancy Ludlum, Lenexa, Marty Paul Ludlum and his wife, Kara, Lawton, Okla., and Susanne Gray and her husband, Roy, The Colony, Texas; eight great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
A son, Marvin Paul Sr., a grandson, Steven Ludlum, and seven siblings, Arthur, Lawrence, Harrison, Lucille, Gladys, Evelyn and an infant sister, died earlier.
Visitation will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Moran United Methodist Church. The Rev. David Shrum will officiate. Burial will be in Moran Cemetery.
Memorials to Moran United Methodist Church or SouthernCare Hospice may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences for the family may be left at iolafuneral.com.
Wilburn Ludlum, Sr.
